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Samsung's first Series 60 phone

77 replies · 39,410 views · Started 11 March 2003

Marius 18 Mar 2003, 21:01

aahhhh
I think im in love,This phone seems to be great..excellent shape love the screen.....and best off all its a series 60 phone..
now I know what to get next 8) but the only thing bad about it seems to be no bluetooth 😞

stingbandel 24 Mar 2003, 01:30

so there is no Bluetooth tech on this phone?

too bad since it's a really damn good phone

I think I might try it when it comes out but no BT really no good.

Guest 27 Apr 2003, 13:27

Maaan that phone looks sweet. might put off a 3650 for one of those if i can find roughly when it will be out! (read somewhere Q3 this year?)
Not too fussed about the bluetooth, it supports USB apparantly. and it has a "normal" keypad which would probably stop me from throwing the phone at the wall or on the floor.
oh and did i mention it's an amazing looking phone?! 😉

Guest 27 Apr 2003, 13:30

Also, in theory judging by what i have seen from other samsung phones the screen should be of higher quality? i havn't seen a 3650 in action for a while i must admit, can anyone confirm whether the samsung screens are of better quality than the nokia ones?

ConceptVBS 27 Apr 2003, 13:33

Yes. The 3650 has a 4096 color LCD (older samsung lcd screen), while the D700 has the 65k+ color LCD (newer samsung lcd screen).

Guest 01 May 2003, 15:51

Anyone have any information on when this awesome phone will be available in the US?

Dazler 01 May 2003, 16:32

It didn't had games, video, camera or anything else to test it. So all I can say is that it is just another series 60

Guest 03 May 2003, 19:05

Just wondering. If it supports GSM, does it mean i can use a SIM card with it?

Guest 05 May 2003, 17:50

Just wondering anyone knows how strong the thing that holds the lcd to the phn? Will constant twisting just weaken it? Those who actually had hands on, how does it feel?

site 05 May 2003, 17:59

Also seen some sites that says the D700 has bluetooth and some says it doesn't. Anyone can confirm this?

Cheers

Guest 08 May 2003, 06:41

The D700 should have bloototh because of two reasons.
1. @ Cebit they told that bluetooth is not released in the Cebit-Phone but it will be in the Final-Phone. They also told that the antenna will be inside the phone.
2. The Series60-Specification sais that a phone with this OS must have Bluetooth.

Greetz Birba

site 09 May 2003, 18:59

That's great.

Can't wait for the phone to be launched. Heard its going to be released in Europe first. Might get a friend to get it for me first ....(am from asia).

Dunno if it will work. Uses a SIM card on GSM networks right?

GaZ 11 May 2003, 17:02

[quote="site"]Just wondering. If it supports GSM, does it mean i can use a SIM card with it?[/quote]

As opposed to what? :-? I dont think you'd have much choice but to put a SIM card in it

Guest 31 May 2003, 23:15

All the cool phones going to Europe and Asia! The US is the big, rich market! Why do we get the crap that falls off the boat? Big corporations are taking advantage of us!

N/A 01 Jun 2003, 08:13

[quote="Anonymous"]All the cool phones going to Europe and Asia! The US is the big, rich market! Why do we get the crap that falls off the boat? Big corporations are taking advantage of us![/quote]Big corporations are not taking advantage of Americans (no more than any other individual with purchasing power), but big protectionist American carriers/operators, American corporations (like Qualcomm & Motorola) and the American government have fragemented the American market and put American people at a disadvantage. 😉

For anyone following the market of world of mobile/cellular communications, it is no surprise that major global manufacturers sees the US as an important, but nevertheless as a secondary market.

It is the GSM/EGSM 900/1800 MHz network market that's the biggest and primary cellular phone market in the world (far larger than any other).

Most manufacturers target that market first as they can use the same hardware base in almost any country in the world.

Even as there are large GSM carriers/operators in the US, they have to use a different frequency, 1900MHz, so manufacturers have to use a different radio module, or a so called tri-band radio that can handle all three frequences (900/1800/1900) for the US market GSM phones.

Guest 08 Jun 2003, 05:51

i wonder how tough the screen is...i mean theres no "front" screen, so you could rotate it around before you put it where ever you keep it i guess...but anyways looks pretty cool. any estimates on the price?

Guest 08 Jun 2003, 15:33

:angel:
hi guys.. do you know how much this fone actually/approximately costs???

is it really better than samsungs v200c version?
coz some say that v200c could be upgraded... im not sure if it would match d700's features though..?

Guest 26 Jun 2003, 22:26

[quote="Kyuro"]Any news on when the phone is going to be released?[/quote]

Not in singapore... just contacted Samsung, and they said no news yet.

Guest 03 Jul 2003, 17:49

[quote="Anonymous"][quote="Kyuro"]Any news on when the phone is going to be released?[/quote]

Not in singapore... just contacted Samsung, and they said no news yet.[/quote]
and i e-mailed Samsung UK via their site, but no reply at all >.<

Guest 11 Jul 2003, 19:50

Thank you for your email dated 2.7.03 regarding the SGH-D700.

There are currently no release date for that model in the UK. If Samsung decide to release it in the future then details will be posted on www.samsungmobile.com and www.samsungelectonics.co.uk

i hope that means "no release date YET" and not "no release date, ever"
:-/

Guest 12 Jul 2003, 23:05

yeah it has a MMC slot on it, i think if you check on page 3 of the thread there is an image of the slot..